Back in time for 12-14-12

Published 1:30 pm, Thursday, December 13, 2012

Dec. 14, 1942: Cotton ginnings in Hale County as of Dec. 1 were 13,597 bales as compared to 9,168 bales on Dec. 1, 1941, Arch Keys, county cotton ginning statistician, announced today.

•Harvey Joe Minter, third class gunners mate in the U.S. Navy, arrived here last night on a six-day furlough to visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Minter. He was at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked and during the past year has been on a ship in the Pacific.

•Word has been received here that Jack Skaggs has been promoted to captain, Finance Division, U.S. Army. He is stationed at Langley Field, Va., and plans to leave Dec. 20 by plane to visit here with his mother, Mrs. H.E. Skaggs, his wife and son.

Dec. 14, 1952: A new television firm has recently opened at 805 W. Fifth, the Stark and Gentry Television Sales and Service. Owned by Lytton Stark and Clyde Gentry, the business will feature Emerson television sets, and service all makes.

•One of four district Golden Gloves boxing tournaments for the Panhandle-Plains area will be held in Plainview on Jan. 19-22, according to Dan McNaughton, tournament chairman and president of the sponsoring Kiwanis Club.

•Texas Tech directors have voted to lift a ban on the use of Negroes by athletic teams that compete against Tech teams in Lubbock. The board’s action came after Dr. J. William Armistead, chairman of the Athletic Council, and Athletic Director DeWitt Weaver recommended the move.

Dec. 14, 1962: Apparent low bidder on building the first link of a 322-mile aqueduct system to serve the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority is R.H. Fulton of Lubbock. The Reclamation Bureau received 12 bids for the initial 54 miles of the project. Fulton’s was $11,797,000. Total cost of the pipeline is estimated at $65 million.

•Quality Christmas trees at a reasonable price are now available at the Optimist Club Tree Lot at the corner of Fifth and Austin.

•Two congregations of the Church of Christ in Plainview have engaged new ministers. Bill C. Talley is minister for the 10th and Utica congregation and Manuel Artiz preaches for the Spanish congregation at 14th and Date.

Dec. 14, 1972: Jaffar Eia Jakkar of Olton, a native of Tripoli, Lebanon, became a naturalized citizen Wednesday in ceremonies in Lubbock. Jakka came to the U.S. in 1963.

•The state may not allow Plainview ISD to remove slide-type fire escapes at Ash, Highland and Coronado. Superintendent Dr. Glenn Harrison feels they may be more a hazard than a help.

•A Marse & Son ad suggests doubleknit jumpsuits as a great gift idea for men. Priced at $14 to $28, the store touts the one-piece suits as, “The most practical garment of the century. Wear it at home, traveling, loafing, jumpsuit fits the occasion.”